Christian World Service is backing the Family Centre Samoa to provide psychosocial support for medical staff and communities dealing with stress and grief caused by the measles epidemic.
Brother Matthew of the Taizé Community has challenged Aotearoa New Zealand churches to launch a renewal of young leaders who can ‘come and see’ the Community and experience its life of reconciliation and hope at Taizé in France.
The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia’s missions arm has held a day of celebrations to mark 100 years since the Anglican Board of Missions began sending its evangelists and Christian workers into the field in 1919.
A new global Bible campaign, Bible 2020, will launch in Aotearoa New Zealand this coming January.
The Strandz children’s and families ministry team have released a new set of ‘Kiwi Advent’ Illustrations to help guide children and families through the four weeks of Advent.
The Anglican Indigenous Network(AIN) meeting in Hawai’i this October has released a challenge to the wider Anglican Communion to actively advocate indigenous rights across the church and the world.
Anglican Missions has revived its call to support the Anglican Church of Melanesia’s Ambae Appeal, which will now fund recovery, rebuilding and disaster preparedness work with communities on Ambae Island, Vanuatu.
Today 21 Aotearoa New Zealand faith leaders sent a letter to MPs asking them to consider seven reasons why the End of Life Choice Bill should not go ahead.
• Experts highlight increased non-assisted suicide risk
• Legal, health professionals' letter to MPs on suicide rate
• US study tracks suicide rates & euthanasia legalisation (PDF)
• MP David Seymour's 'fiery response' to faith leaders
• Australian religious leaders back better palliative care
A new book launched last week chronicles the wartime experiences of Bishop Edward Norman – who commanded a Battalion during the Italian campaign in his early twenties before being ordained.